Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 801.3 (2026)

General purposes

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The provisions of the Iowa code of criminal procedure shall be liberally construed to give effect to the general purposes thereof, which shall be to provide for:

1. Simplicity in criminal procedure.

2. Fairness in administration of the criminal laws.

3. Elimination of unjustifiable delay in pretrial, trial, and post-trial proceedings.

4. Just determination of every criminal proceeding by a fair and impartial trial and review.

5. The effective apprehension and trial of persons suspected of committing public offenses without violation of fundamental human rights. [C79, 81, §801.3] \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1980–1988 · leading case: City of Webster City v. Draheim, 292 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 1980).

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City of Webster City v. Draheim, 292 N.W.2d 406 (Iowa 1980). · cites it 2× “) Section 801.3 provides: The provisions of the Iowa code of criminal procedure shall be liberally construed to give effect to the general purposes thereof, which shall be to provide for: 1.”

State v. Jackson, 422 N.W.2d 475 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 2× “Jackson also argues that it is fundamentally unfair to allow the State to bring a second prosecution based upon the same incident when it has lost on a prior prosecution. He cites as support two legislatively enumerated purposes behind the Iowa Rules of *479 Criminal Procedure:…”

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